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(American, 1863–1937)

Cupid on a Ball

1895
Bronze with black patina
Overall: 27 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 17 7/16 in. (68.9 x 41.3 x 44.3 cm)
Credit LineTerra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number1988.7
SignedOn ball behind heel: F. MacMonnies 1895
ProvenanceThe artist
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, New York
Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1988
Exhibition History
Collection Cameo, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, December 1995.

American Artists and the Paris Experience, 1880–1910, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 22, 1997–March 8, 1998.

Mary et Frederick MacMonnies, un atelier à Giverny (Mary and Frederick MacMonnies, a Studio in Giverny), Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–July 1, 2001 (modified form of An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies at the Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 24, 2000–June 24, 2001). [exh. cat.]

Artistic Communities: Mary MacMonnies Low and Frederick MacMonnies in Chicago and Giverny, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, July 12–October 7, 2001 (modified form of An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies at the Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 24, 2000–June 24, 2001 and Mary et Frederick MacMonnies, un atelier à Giverny (Mary and Frederick MacMonnies, a Studio in Giverny) at the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–July 1, 2001). [exh. cat.]
Published References
Low, Will H. "Frederick MacMonnies." Scribner's 18:65 (November 1895): 617–28. Ill. p. 628 (plaster model).

Gerdts, William H. et al. Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 62; fig. 59 (black & white as Cupid Running). [specific reference to Terra sculpture]

Gerdts, William H. et al. Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 62; fig. 59 (black & white as Cupid Running). [specific reference to Terra sculpture]

Cupid on a Ball, Frederick William MacMonnies. Collection Cameo sheet, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, December 1995. Ill. (black & white). [specific reference to Terra sculpture]

Smart, Mary. A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies, With a Catalogue Raisonné and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1996. Ill. no. 41, p. 294 (black & white as Running Cupid; Cupid with His Bow). [specific reference to Terra sculpture]

Gordon, E. Adina. The Sculpture of Frederick William MacMonnies: A Critical Catalogue. PhD dissertation, New York University, 1998. Text pp. 274–76; ill. no. 41.1 (black & white). [specific reference to Terra sculpture]

Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. An American Point of View: The Daniel J. Terra Collection. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text p. 134. [specific reference to Terra sculpture]

Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. Un regard transatlantique. La collection d'art américain de Daniel J. Terra. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text p. 134. [specific reference to Terra sculpture]
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